Morelos is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán
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. It is located approximately northwest of the state capital of
Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid; Otomi language, Otomi: ) is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is both th ...
. The municipal seat is at
Villa Morelos.
Geography
The municipality of Morelos is located in the
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
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in northern Michoacán at an elevation between . It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of
Puruándiro The city of Puruándiro is in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
It is located at .
The population is 70,571. It was founded by Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco in 1522.
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to the northwest,
Huandacareo to the east,
Chucándiro to the southeast,
Huaniqueo to the southwest, and
Jiménez to the northwest.
It also borders the municipality of
Yuriria
Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico,(), is one of 46 municipalities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
History
The name Yuriria is a shortened version of "Yuririapúndaro" (you-ri-ri-ah-PUHN-da-Ro), which means Place of the Bloody Lake in the Purépe ...
in
Guanajuato
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to the northeast. The municipality covers an area of
[ and comprises 0.31% of the state's area.][
As of 2009, the land cover in Morelos consists of temperate forest (30%), grassland (13%), and tropical forest (5%). Another 49% of the land is used for agriculture and 2% consists of urban areas.][ Morelos is located in the ]Lerma River
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basin. There are small reservoirs named Epitacio Huerta and Caballerias in the municipality, which are used for agricultural irrigation.[
Morelos has a temperate climate with rain in the summer.][ Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .][
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History
The place now known as Morelos was originally called Huango, and was part of the Tarascan state
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in pre-Hispanic Mexico. Huango was one of the 61 municipalities created in Michoacán in 1831. In 1898, the municipal seat was renamed Huango de Morelos. In 1902 the seat was renamed Villa Morelos and the municipality itself renamed Morelos.[
]
Administration
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish
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: ''síndico''), and seven trustees (''regidores''), four elected by relative majority
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and three by proportional representation
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.[ The current president of the municipality is José Guadalupe Coria Solís.]
Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Morelos recorded a population of 8091 inhabitants living in 2123 households.[
There are 31 localities in the municipality,][ of which only the municipal seat Villa Morelos is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 2446 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.][
]
Economy
The main economic activity in Morelos is agriculture. Corn is the main crop, followed by forage oats.
References
{{Michoacán, state=collapsed
Municipalities of Michoacán
1831 establishments in Mexico
States and territories established in 1831